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Reading List for Pre -K and Kindergarten Classes Subject Pre -K Kindergarten Language Arts - SRA Phonics 1 Zaner Bloser Handwriting K Reading/Writing SRA Phonics 1 Language Arts - Odd -Numbered Academic Years 1 Even -Numbered Academic Years Literature How to Report on Books, Grades PreK-K (Teacher Resource) How to Report on Books, Grades PreK-K – (Teacher Resource) The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Treasury of Mother Goose The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne Pinocchio (simplified version) The Complete Poems of Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne Wind in the Willows(simplified version) Complete Nonsense Poems by Edward Lear The Velveteen Rabbit A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert L. Stevenson Little Red Riding Hood (Virtue - Courage) Mother Goose Coloring Book by Kate Greenaway Aesop's The Dog and His Shadow (Virtue - Courage) The Children's Book of Virtues ( Virtue - General ) Chicken Little (Virtue - Courage) Snow White King Midas and the Golden Touch (Virtue - Temperance) Rumpelstiltskin The Children's Book of Virtues (Virtues - General) Cinderella Aesop's Fables What People Do All Day by Richard Scarry Snow White and Cinderella Horton Hatches an Egg by Dr. Seuss Little Red Hen Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field Madeline by Ludwig Bemelman American History Literature Related to History: The Very First Americans by Ashrose In 1492 by Marzollo (PreK-1) Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World by Carlson The Fourth of July Story by Dalgliesh John, Paul, George and Ben by Smith A is for America by Tanya Stone Geography How to Use a Map by Jo Ellen Moore Math Saxon Math Grade 1 with Manipulatives (Cover first half the book in even numbered years and second half in odd numbered years) Science Science is Simple (Cover first half the book in even numbered years and second half in odd numbered years) Art Draw Write Now Volume 1 (odd numbered years) Draw Write Now Vol. 2 (even numbered years) Music We Sing Lullaby and Nursery Rhymes Book & CD (first half in even numbered years and second half in odd numbered years) Mozart Effect: Vol. 1-3 CD (first half in even numbered years and second half in odd numbered years)
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Philosophy/Thinking Thinking Skills by Schoolzone Publishing (odd numbered years) Lollipop Logic – Book 1 (even numbered years)
Reading List for First and Second Grade Subject First Grade Second Grade Language Arts - Zaner Bloser Handwriting 1st Grade Zaner Bloser Handwriting (print & cursive) 2nd Grade Reading/Writing First Language Lessons of the Well Trained Mind First Language Lessons of the Well Trained Mind SRA Phonics 2 SRA Phonics 2 My Phonics Dictionary My Phonics Dictionary (for students or teacher only?) New American Cursive 1 Literature How to Report on Books Grades 1 -2, by Norris (for Teacher) How to Report on Books Grades 1 -2, by Norris (for Teacher) Individual Reading Individual Readings Individual Readings Little Bear and Little Bear's Visit Courage of Sarah Noble Caps for Sale Little House in the Big Woods Blueberries for Sal Tale of Peter Rabbit Make Way for Ducklings Mr. Popper's Penguins Billy & Blaze and Billy & the Forest Fire Pinocchio The Story About Ping Tale of Jeremy Fisher Keep the Lights Burning Charlotte's Web Stone Soup The Little House by Burton Miss Rumphius Frog and Toad series Literature Odd -Numbered Academic Years Even -Numbered Academic Years Read Aloud Aesop for Children Boxcar Children Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling The Blind Men and the Elephant Water Babies by Charles Kingsley Three Billy Goat's Gruff Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Miss Molly Mandy by Brisley The Fairy Books by Andrew Lang Beezus and Ramona Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll James Harriot's Treasure for Children The Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning Owl in the Family by Mowat Hansel & Gretel (Virtue - Courage) Homer Price by McCloskey Jack and Beanstalk (Virtue - Courage) Children's Book of Heroes and Children's Book of Virtues by Bennett Mrs. Piggle Wiggle by MacDonald The Greatest Treasure by Demi (Virtue - Prudence) It Could Always be Worse: A Yiddish Folktale King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba (Virtue - Prudence) Miss Agnes by Hill The curriculum is subject to further revision by our headmaster and faculty.
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The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong Tale of Robin Hood Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel Fisherman and His Wife Princess and the Pea Aesop for Children Rapunzel Charlotte's Web Subject First Grade Second Grade American History Odd Numbered Years My America My World by Hicks and Sleeth Our America Our World by Hicks and Sleeth Literature Related to History: D’Aulaire Books: Columbus, Washington, Pocahontas, Lincoln, Johnny Appleseed, Buffalo Bill and the Star Spangled Banner, Stories of Pilgrims Who Was Daniel Boone by Kramer My First Biography: Harriet Tubman by Bauer Slave Songs & Their History The Star Spangled Banner by Spier The Thanksgiving Story by Dalgliesh Sarah Morton's Day - Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Related Biographies/Events for Virtue of Courage: James Madison, Dolly Madison, Francis Scott Key, Pioneers heading west, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Daniel Boone
World History Even Numbered Years Story of the World, Vol. 1 & 2 by Bauer Story of the World Activity Book Literature Related to History: Mik’s Mammoth by Roy Gerrard Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile by Tomie dePaola Arabian Nights: Three Tales From the Middle East by Deborah Lattimore The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by Eric Kimmel Gilgamesh the King The Passover Journey: Seder Companion by Barbara Diamond Goldin Story of Jonah Esther’s Story by Diane Wolstein Solomon and the Ant: And other Jewish Folktales by Sheldon Oberman Alexander the Great: The Greatest Ruler of the Ancient World by Andrews Langley Pompeii…Buried alive By Edith Kunhardt Why are you calling Me a Barbarian? by Birgitta Petren The curriculum is subject to further revision by our headmaster and faculty.
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Leif the Lucky by D’Aulaire (Virtue – Courage) Related Biographies/Stories for Virtue of Courage: Perseus and Medusa Related Biographies for Virtue of Prudence: Greek philosophers Biographies/Events Related to Virtue of Justice: Greeks "good citizen" Ge ography Evan Moore Beginning Geography K -2 (first half of book in odd -numbered years and second half in even years) Story of the World Maps in Activity Book (even numbered years) From Sea to Shining Sea by Armento (odd numbered years) Subject First Grade Second Grade Math Saxon Math - Grade 2 (book & manipulatives) Saxon Math - Grade 3 (book & manipulatives) Literature Related to Math: Literature Related to Math: What's Your Angle, Pythagoras? by Ellis The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Lasky Science Odd Numbered Years Singapore Science 1A & 1B The Magic Schoolbus: Explores Your Senses The Magic Schoolbus: Plants Seeds
Even Numbered Years Singapore Science 2A & 2B The Magic Schoolbus inside the Human Body The Magic Schoolbus and the Electric Field Trip The Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks Art Artistic Pursuits Book 1 by Ellis (first half of the book in even numbered years) Draw Write Now Book 3: Native Americans (odd numbered years) Draw Write Now Book 5: From Sea to Shining Sea (odd numbered years) Music Music Puzzlers Book 1 Rhythm Band 8 Note Songs (for xylophones) Book Myth, Music, and Dance of the American Indian (odd numbered years) Latin Sing Song Latin
Philosophy Lollipop Logic – Book 2 Lollipop Logic – Book 3
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Reading List for Third and Fourth Grade Subject Third Grade Fourth Grade Language Arts - Shurley English 3 Shurley English 4 Reading/Writing Zaner Bloser Handwriting 3 and Zaner Bloser Spelling 3 Spencerian Penmanship (book and booklets) by Spencer Writing with Ease Level 3 by Bauer Spelling Connections 4 and Handwriting 4 by Zaner Bloser Writing with Ease Level 4 by Bauer Language Arts - How to Report on Books (Grades 3 -4) by Norris for teacher How to Report on Books (Grades 3 -4) by Norris for teacher Literature Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Log of the Cowboy by Andy Adams Call of the Wild by Jack London Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne The Princess & the Curdie & The Princess & the Goblin by MacDonald Kidnapped! by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (Virtue - Temperance) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Tale of the Western Plains by G.A. Henty Little House on the Prairie by L. Wilder Captain's Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Hilaire Bellow’s Cautionary Verses by Hilaire Belloc King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Howard Pyle The Lost World by Sir Arthur Doyle Romeo and Juliet William Tell Pollyanna The People Who Could Fly by Dillon and Dillon Rip Van Winkle The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Robin Hood (Virtue - Justice) Sarah, Plain and Tall by MacLachlan The Magic Brocade (Virtue - Temperance) The Valiant Red Rooster by Kimmel (Virtue - Justice) The Enchanted Wood by Sanderson (Virtue - Temperance) The Last Alchemist by Thompson (Virtue - Prudence) Reynard the Fox by Vaes (Virtue - Prudence) American Legends: Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan King Solomon and His Magic Ring (Virtue - Prudence)
American History Odd Numbered Years A History of US: Books 1-4 by Joy Hakim
Literature Related to History: Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Fritz (Virtue - Justice) John Henry: An American Legend Washington at Valley Forge by Freedman (Virtue - Courage) A Picture Book of Sitting Bull by David Adler Dangerous Crossing (John Adams) (Virtue - Courage) Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen Related Biographies/Events for Virtue of Courage: Pocahontas, Pocahontas by D'Aulaire (Virtue - Courage) Lewis & Clark, Sacajawea, Deborah Sampson, Daniel Boone, Heetunka's Harvest: A Tale of the Plains Indians (Virtue - Justice) Thomas Jefferson & George Washington The curriculum is subject to further revision by our headmaster and faculty.
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The Arrow Over the Door by Bruchac (Virtue - Prudence) Related Biogra phies/Events for Virtue of Justice: American We the People: The Story of Our Constitution by Cheney Revolution & Thomas Jefferson Subject Third Grade Fourth Grade World History Even Numbered Years
Story of the World, Vol. 3 & 4 by Bauer Story of the World, Vol. 3 & 4 Activity Book
Literature Related to History: In the Reign of Terror by G.A. Henty
Biographies/Events Related to Virtue of Justice: French Revolution Biographies Related to Virtue of Courage: Queen Elizabeth I Geography Story of the World Maps in Activity Book (Even Numbered Years) This Is My Country by Armento (Odd Numbered Years) Math Saxon Math 5/4 Saxon Math 6/5 Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe by Schneider Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe by Schneider Literature Related to Math: Sir Cumference book series by Neushwander Science Handbook of Nature Study by Comstock (first half of book in even years, second half in odd years)
Art Artistic Pursuits Book 1 by Ellis (second half of the book in e ven numbered y ears ) Discovering Great Artists: Hands On Art by Kohl (odd numbered years) Music Meet the Great Composers: Book 1 Meet the Great Composers CD Rhythm Band More 8 Note Songs (for xylophones) Latin Latina Christiana
Philosophy Kio and Gus – Reasoning Whole Class Year 2
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Reading List for Fifth and Sixth Grade Subject Fifth Grade Sixth Grade Language Arts - Shurley Grammar 5 Shurley Grammar 6 Reading/Writing Spelling Connections 5 and Handwriting 5 by Zaner Bloser Spelling Connections 6 and Handwriting 6 by Zaner Bloser Writing with Skill Level 1 by Bauer Writing with Skill Level 1 by Bauer Language Arts - How to Report on Books (Grades 5 -6) for Teacher How to Report on Books (Grades 5 -6) for Teacher Literature Odd Numbered Years Even Numbered Years The Lord of the Ring by Tolkien The Hobbit by Tolkien Tales of Sherlock Holmes A Christmas Carol by Dickens Hans Brinker by Dogdes The Dragon and the Raven by G.A. Henty 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Verne Mysterious Island by Verne Poems for Children by Kate Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Irving Main Travelled Roads by Garland Main Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland Where the Red Fern Grows by Rawls Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Casey at Bat by Thayer (Virtue - Temperance) Age of the Fable by Bullfinch Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Cohen If by Rudyard Kipling (Virtue - Temperance) The House of Wisdom by Heide & Gilliland Apollo and Daphne (Virtue - Temperance) Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (Virtue - Prudence) Turandot by Mariana Mayer (Virtue - Prudence) Hope for Flowers by Paulus (Virtue - Prudence) Through the Mickle Woods by Valiska (Virtue - Prudence) Tarzan of the Apes or Jungle Tales of Tarzan Don Quixote Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Falkoff Dragon Slayer: The Story of Beowulf by Sutcliff From the Earth to the Moon by Verne The Bobbin Girl by McCully (Virtue - Justice) Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Virtue - Courage & Justice) American History Odd Numbered Years A History of US, Books 5 - 8 by Hakim
Biographies/Events Related to Virtue of Justice/Courage: Samuel Gompers, labor conditions, Eugene Debs, Louis Braille, Helen Keller
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Subject Fifth Grade Sixth Grade World History Even Numbered Years Kingfisher Encyclopedia of History Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of World History Hands on History: Ancient Civilization Activities Literature Related to History: Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of Illiad Mara, Daughter of the Nile by McGraw Gilagamesh the Hero by McCaughrean The Children’s Homer by Colum (Virtue - Courage) The Eagle of the Ninth by Sutcliff The Trial and Death of Socrates (Virtues - Courage & Justice) D’Auliere’s Book of Greek Myths Orestes by Euripides Apollo and Daphne (Virtue - Temperance) The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by Shakespeare In Flanders Fields by Linda Granfield Number the Stars by Lois Lowry Biography Related to Virtue of Justice: Ghandi Julius Caesar by Shakespeare Herodotus and the Road to History Arabian Nights
Geography Maps, Globes, Graphs, Level E by Billings (Odd Numbered Years) Maps, Globes, Graphs: An Interactive Program, Level F by Billings (Even Numbered Years) World History Map Activities (Even Numbered Years)
Math Saxon Math 7/6 Saxon Math 8/7 Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe by Schneider Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe by Schneider Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignettes from the History of Math Literature Related to Math: Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Latham Galileo and the Magic Numbers by Rosen Science Odd Numbered Years Singapore Science 5A & 5B Literature/Biographies Related to Science: Marie Curie : Brave Scientist (Easy Biographies) by Keith Brandt The curriculum is subject to further revision by our headmaster and faculty.
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Even Numbered Years Singapore Science 6A & 6B Archimedes and the Door of Science by Bendick Art Artistic Pursuits (Even Numbered Years) Elements of Art and Composition by Brenda Ellis (Odd Numbered Years) Discovering Great Artists: Hands on Art Music Meet the Great Composers: Book 2 and CD, Maurice Hinson Latin First Forum Latin Philosophy Harry Stottlemier's Discovery (student & teacher book) Philosophy for Kids by David White
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Reading List for Seventh and Eighth grade Subject Seventh Grade Eighth Grade Language Arts - Shurley Grammar 7 Shurley Grammar 8 Reading/Writing Spelling Connections 7 and Handwriting 7 by Zaner Bloser Spelling Connections 8 and Handwriting 8 by Zaner Bloser Writing with Skill Level 2 by Bauer Writing with Skill Level 3 by Bauer Language Arts - How to R eport on Books (Grades 7 -8) Ho w to Report on Books (Grades 7 -8) for Teacher Literature Adler, Mortimer, How to Read a Book Adler, Mortimer, How to Read a Book (Whole Class) Odd Numbered Years Even Numbered Years Bible (selections: Genesis, Job and Psalms) Bible (selections: Genesis, Job and Psalms) For the Temple by G. A. Henty Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Epic of Gilgamesh Of Plymouth Plantation — Bradford Iliad, Homer Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe Odyssey, Homer In the Heart of the Rockies by G. A. Henty The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Plutarch The Pioneers, James Fenimore Cooper The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Moby Dick, Herman Melville (Livingston abridged edition) “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” Samuel Taylor Coleridge Plato’s Dialogues (selections) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain The Chaucer Story Book, Eva March Tappan Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift Dante’s Inferno, Cantos I-V, trans. Robert Pinsky and other Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson selections The Crucible, Arthur Miller The Tempest, Shakespeare Little Women, Louisa May Alcott Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson Henry IV, Shakespeare The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Julius Caesar, Shakespeare “The Road Not Taken” and other poems, Robert Frost Sonnets (selections),Shakespeare Screw Tape Letters, C.S. Lewis Poetry of Shelley, Jonson, Donne, Herbert, and Milton Don Quixote, abridged (Walter Starkie)
American History Odd Numbered Years (Whole Class) Required Text: Boorstin, Daniel J. and Brooks Mather Kelley. A History of the United States. Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 1999. The American Revolution by Bruce Bliven, first published in 1958
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Selections from: Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, and Locke Declaration of Independence U.S. Constitution Federalist Papers 10, 15, and 39 First and Second Inaugural Address, Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln TEACHER RESOURCE: Boorstin, Daniel J. and Brooks Mather Kelley. A History of the United States , Annotated Teacher’s Edition . Needham, MA: Prentice Hall, 1999. Literature Related to History: Shadows on the Rock, Willa Cather The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne Across the Plains by Robert Louis Stevenson Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe Biographies/Events Related to Virtue of Justice/Courage: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass The Autobiography of Ben Franklin, Ben Franklin George Washington: The Indispensable Man, James Thomas Flexner
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Subject Seventh Grade Eighth Grade World History Even Numbered Years (Whole Class) REQUIRED TEXTS: Cootes, R.J . and L.E. Snellgrove. The Ancient World, Second Edition. New York: Longman. 1991. -----. The Middle Ages , Second Edition . New York: Longman, 1989. Marks, Anthony and Graham Tingay. The Romans. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing, 1990. TEACHER RESOURCES: Corbishley, Mike. Growing Up in Ancient Rome. Mahwah, NJ: Troll, 1994. -----. The Middle Ages. New York: Facts on File, 1990. Macaulay, David. City. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974. -----. Castle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977. -----. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973. MacDonald, Fiona and Gerald Wood. A Roman Fort. New York: Peter Bedrich Books, 1993. Nichols, Roger, translation. Livy: Stories of Rome . New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982. SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES: The Masterpiece Collection: Richard Wagner. Compact Disc. Nashville: Regency Music. Gregorian Chant—Gregorianischer Choral directed by P. Hubert Dopf S.J. Compact Disc. Vienna, 1985.
Literature Related to History: Julius Caesar, Shakespeare Caesar’s Gallic Wars Ecclesiastical History of the English People St. Thomas More of London, Elizabeth Ince A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt
Biographies/Events Related to Virtue of Justice/Courage: Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, Mark Twain St. Joan: The Girl Soldier, Louis de Wohl Shearer, Cynthia and Robert G. The Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Middle Ages. Lebanon, TN: Greenleaf, 1992.
Geography World History Map Activities (Even Numbered Years) (Whole Class) REQUIRED TEXT: Helgren, David M. and Robert J. Sager. World Geography Today . Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1992. TEACHER RESOURCE:
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Helgren, David M. and Robert J. Sager. World Geography Today , Teacher Edition. Orlando, FL: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1992. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL: Hammond, Dean and Kathleen. Hammond Atlas of the World , Second Edition. Maplewood, NJ: Hammond, Inc., 1999. REQUIRED TEXT: Helgren, David M. and Robert J. Sager. World Geography Today. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000
Math Saxon Algebra ½ and/or 1 Saxon Algebra 1 and/or 2
Science Odd Numbered Years (Whole Class) Physics (ballistics, motion, force, and electromagnetism) and Astronomy Literature/Biographies Related to Science: Sea Farers and Explorers Louis and Clark Kepler, Galileo (Lamp at Midnight),Copernicus, and Ptolemy Pesek, Ludek The Earth is Near Asimov, Isaac The Science Fictional Solar System Ehrlich, Max The Big Eye Even Numbered Years Physics (half year) with Singapore Science Chemistry (2 nd half year) Max, Primo The Periodic table Bester, Alfred The Pi Man Art Art in Focus, G. A. Mittler (Whole Class) Signs and Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings from the Renaissance Drawing for older children and teens, Mona Brookes Music Discovering Music, Carol Reynolds (Whole Class) The Enjoyment of Music: An Introduction to Perceptive Listening, Kristine Forney
Latin Latin (Whole Class) Second Forum Philosophy Touchstones (Discussion forum) (Whole Class) Logic: Martin Cothran, Traditional logic I and II Critical thinking warm-up vocabulary, pattern recognition, and sequencing Mind Benders (verbal problems) The curriculum is subject to further revision by our headmaster and faculty.
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Narrative analysis
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